Finding the Delightful
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I've been thinking a lot about how we are responsible for our own happiness in life.
Despite what the movies tell us, nobody is going to swoop into our lives and hand us "Happily Ever After" on a silver platter.
It is up to each of us to find what's good in the world, every single day.
(And will someone please remind me of this, on the days that I'm feeling particularly grim?)
I've been thinking a lot about how we are responsible for our own happiness in life.
Despite what the movies tell us, nobody is going to swoop into our lives and hand us "Happily Ever After" on a silver platter.
It is up to each of us to find what's good in the world, every single day.
(And will someone please remind me of this, on the days that I'm feeling particularly grim?)
Comments
You mean some leggy super model isn't going to fall in love with me even though I'm not a GQ cover model? I'm not going to have some rich long lost relative take me into their home and tell me 'one day all this will be yours'?
You mean I'm going to have to live a regular life?
On those days that arthritis or other pains take over, I try to remember that "If I can feel it I am alive."
Unpleasant trips to the dentist, doctor, or other difficult places fit into the realm of "It's All Part of the Experience of Life." Some might find them to be silly aphorisms but add a dash of humor and they make up a pretty good series of life lessons.
Grinch/Susan
So, yes, happiness does "swoop" in from time to time.
Annalisa